Oregon Cider Week 2018: June 21-July 1. These are my Oregon Cider Week events, itself a 10-day-long celebration of that most fantastic drink, of which the International Epicenter is our very state, Oregon. ALL EVENTS AT MY PUBLIC TAPROOM, 1813 NE 2ND AVE., UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. All events 21+ except the Midsummer Night Market, open to minors 4-10pm only.

Inside the Almanac is a bevy of valuable coupons to be redeemed at each event. You can also pick up a real-world copy at my Taproom.

Thursday, June 21

-Cider Appreciation Class, 7:00-10pm: Drink 20+ ciders from around the world with me while discussing history, styles and cideries. The ciders we will drink include traditional English Westcountry, French style from Normandy, Spanish Basque and Asturian, and the emerging American style. Nearly everything we drink will be apple-only; there is just that much variety! This is $50 per person and “class” size is limited to 25. Please arrive at 7:00 pm well-fed since we will serve no food. Advance registration required, seating is limited. Ticket link. Facebook event link.

-Rev Nat’s 6th Birthday Party, 12pm-11pm: Celebrate 6 years of making the most unusual ciders that no one else will make. I’m hauling out rare kegs from my basement and renting a barbecue. Join me for free cider-sausages from World Foods Portland and birthday cake! Since 6 years is the CANDY ANNIVERSARY, there’ll be a Sour Patch Kids slushee and an exotic candy-filled PIÑATA. Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 at the taproom and get a slushee for $1. Facebook event link

-Fruit Cider Invitational, Cider Riot!, 807 NE Couch St., 2-8pm.

Sunday, June 24

-Fruit Cider Invitational, Cider Riot!, 807 NE Couch St., 2-8pm.

-Tent Show Bottle Club Release and Antique Bottle Sale, 4-7pm: Phantom Carriage Collab AND Gin Barrel-Aged Holy Water(Melon). Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 at the taproom and get a free sample of the Tent Show-exclusive ciders.

Tuesday, June 26

-Cider Trivia Night with Geeks Who Drink, 7:30-9:30pm: My taproom is a regular Tuesday meeting place for Geeks Who Drink – Portland, OR. This Oregon Cider Week, enjoy the regular Geeks quiz PLUS a special cider-centric round. Free to play, get here a bit early to grab a cider and a piece of pizza from Sizzle Pie. Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 at the taproom and get 25% off your team’s tab! Facebook event link.

Wednesday, June 27

-SIDRA SIDRA SIDRA, 4-10pm: Spanish-made and Spanish-influenced sidras are sour, frequently wild-fermented, and always bringin’ the funk. Ciders featured include Riestra, Fanjul, Angelon, Avalon, and me! Salty finger food to nosh, and mi amigo el experto de sidra Jim Asbel will be on hand for the Escanciar la sidra. Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 at the taproom and get $2 any featured sidra bottle to go.

-OMSI After Dark Ciderfest, OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave., 7-11pm: Drink up as we toast the history, tradition and science that goes into crafting cider. Advance tickets available here.

-Revival Night, 4-11pm: I love my flagship cider, Revival Hard Apple. I love it on a beach and I love it on top of a mountain. I love it in my backyard and I love it on the moon. I also love blending Revival with other flavors. Join me for this special evening featuring Revival six ways including Revival vs Brawndo, Revival Dry, and Irish Break-Fast Revival. Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 and get a free hot pretzel with cider mustard at this event.

-Midsummer Night Market, 4-10pm: My Midsummer Night Market showcases the many artist and and craftspeople friends I have in our great city, all against a backdrop of delicious cider. Browse pop art from Ace Troy while sipping on a Hopricot. Or choose your next nail color from Claws Out while drinking a Deliverance. Or put down your Viva La Pineapple to peruse a tasting journal from 33 Books. Minors OK (4-10pm only)! 25 vendors! Jewelry, food & drinks, t-shirts, letterpress, journals, pop art, statuary, bath products, clothes, ceramics, soaps, paperworks, housewares. Raise money for charity by throwing balls at Nat perched over a dunk tank full of cider. Get a selfie with Rojo the Llama from 4-6pm! Buy the Rev Nat’s 2018 Oregon Cider Week Pocket Almanac for $1 and get 25% off three or more bottles to go. Facebook event link

I’m excited to announce that Reverend Nat’s has launched a new nonprofit donation partnership program, the Benefaction Tap. I believe in a strong community and supporting organizations doing good work to improve our city and the world for all. When you order a full pour of the cider signified by the special tap handle, one dollar of your purchase goes to the month’s nonprofit partner. Every month a different nonprofit organization will receive a donation of $1 for every 12-oz pour from the special tap handle, all month long. Additionally, I am making the Taproom available to that month’s benefaction partner for a fundraising event. Invite your staff, invite the public, raise more money for your organization! For information on the program, contact sarah@revnats.com.

June 2018: Basic Rights Oregon will ensure that all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Oregonians experience equality by building a broad and inclusive politically powerful movement, shifting public opinion, and achieving policy victories

April 2018:Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for all Oregonians.

March 2018: It’s a new month, and we have a new Benefaction Tap nonprofit partner! Know Your City is an amazing local group that engages the public in art and social justice through creative placemaking projects. Check out the website and stay tuned for an event at the taproom on March 28th!

February 2018: The Benefaction Tap nonprofit this month is the Independent Publishing Resource Center! Come get a cider and support this awesome resource. The IPRC is a treasure trove of equipment, reference materials, software, knowledge, community space and committed volunteers. If you’ve never been, check it out. And stay tuned for a fun, interactive, do-it-yourself event later this month at the taproom!

January 2018: the Benefaction Tap beneficiary is 350PDX, an innovative climate justice organization working on multiple regional and state projects including reducing dependence on fossil fuels, transitioning to 100% renewable energy sources, and capping carbon emissions.

My Oregon Cider Week premier event! Our Holiday Night Market was such a success, I wanted to try a summer version complete with closing the street, more vendors, therapy llamas, and the best yo-yo artist you’ve never seen.

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NRO is a non-profit organization offering reproductive health support and resources to women and girls. NRO’s Hotline, staffed by trained volunteers, provides information and financial assistance to help women get the abortions they need. Our Women in Need (WIN) Fund helps hundreds of Oregon and Idaho women every year thanks to our supporters.

The services and resources we offer are based on a belief in reproductive justice. Our education programs provide a grassroots teaching approach concerning women’s bodies, reproductive health and sexuality.http://www.nroptions.org/

These are my Oregon Cider Week events, itself a 10-day-long celebration of that most fantastic drink, of which the International Epicenter is our very state, Oregon. ALL EVENTS AT MY PUBLIC TAPROOM, 1813 NE 2ND AVE., UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Wednesday, June 14
-Cider Appreciation Class, 7:30-10pm: Drink 20+ ciders from around the world with me while discussing history, styles and cideries. The ciders we will drink include traditional English Westcountry, French style from Normandy, Spanish Basque and Asturian, and the emerging American style. Nearly everything we drink will be apple-only; there is just that much variety! This event is held in the taproom during regular open hours, is $45 per person and “class” size is limited to 20. Please arrive at 7:30 pm well-fed since we will serve no food. Advance registration required, seating is limited. Email carolyn@revnats.com or call 503-567-2221 to reserve your space. Facebook event link

-Live Podcast of Geek in the City, 6:30-?pm: Listen in on me and my friends @geekinthecity while we talk about the coming week, cider, and other geekery.

Monday, June 19
-Cider Dinner, Culmination Brewing, 6-9pm: Chef CJ from Culmination is creating a 4-course menu. The menu will be farm to table like all of CJ’s wonderful creations. Facebook event link. Tickets here.

Tuesday, June 20
-Swift Cider Tap Takeover, 4-10pm: My dear friends at Swift Cider don’t have a taproom themselves, so I’m loaning them mine for the night. Six Swifts in a Flight! Facebook event link

-OMSI Science Pub, Empirical Theater, 1945 SE Water Ave., 7-9pm: At my favorite science museum I’ll talk about cider in “Apples to Hellfire: A Whirlwind Tour of Hard Cider from the Basics to Secret Recipes.” Dinner available at the OMSI restaurant, Theory. Doors open at 5pm, $5 suggested donation. More info here.

Wednesday, June 21
-Revival Night, 4-10pm: My flagship, my life’s work, the cider I most love to love, shows its versatility via six unique versions including hops, fruit and who-knows-what.

-OMSI After Dark Ciderfest, OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave., 7-11pm: Drink up as we toast the history, tradition and science that goes into crafting cider. Advance tickets available here.

-Cider tasting, Fred Meyer Hollywood, 4-7pm.

Thursday, June 22
-True Portland Book Launch Party, 6-10pm: “The Unofficial Guide for Creative People” – join author Teruo Kurosaki and my local friends making Japanese food, drink & wares. D.J. Jimbo will be spinning all sorts of good tunes, and, of course, the Hawthorne Books folks will be there with a Mt. Fuji-sized mountain of books for sale.

-As part of the True Portland Book Launch party, enjoy a special tapping of my Beers Made By Walking keg in partnership with Forest Park Conservancy and my rarity, Magnificent 7.

-Cider tasting, Whole Foods Scholls Ferry, 4-7pm.

-Hop Cider Night at Hoplandia, 8600 N Ivanhoe St., 5-8pm.

Friday, June 23
-Classic Movie Night: The Last Man on Earth (1964), 9pm: Vincent Price stars in the original vampire movie, inspiring Will Smith’s I Am Legend. Free popcorn!

Sidra is the Spanish word for cider. And I love sidra! It’s tart, sour, funky, deeply complex, and unlike any other ciders. Some call it “graduate-level” cider, and I don’t disagree! I love it so much that I decided to make a cider inspired by my favorite Spanish ones, and I call it SIDRA BRAVO.

On May 27th, I’ll be releasing this cider to the world, and in celebration, I’ve collected five US-made Spanish-inspired ciders and five Spanish-made (specifically Asturias) sidras for you to enjoy. American ciders are from me (Portland), Blackduck Cidery (Finger Lakes NY), Tilted Shed Ciderworks (Sebastopal CA), Finnriver (Olympic Peninsula WA), MillStone Cellars (Maryland). Compare these with five straight-from-Asturias Spanish ciders offered by Jim from Ciders of Spain for a tasty, educational event.

I’ve also partnered with World Foods to offer Spanish-inspired small bites (pintxos) to pair with all the ciders.

The Date:Saturday, May 27th, 2017The Time: 4-10pmThe Place:My Public TaproomThe Cost:$25 for commemorative tasting glass and 7 tokens each worth a 2 oz pour. Additional tokens are $2. No advance purchase, just show up! But don’t be late because I might run out of cider!The Rules: 21+ only, no dogs

Celebrate the return of ¡Tepache! season and Cinco de Mayo at my ¡Tepache y Tamales! bottleshare!

The idea is a beer bottleshare to try lots of different beers mixed with Tepache.

To participate you MUST bring a beer to share!
A beer and $15 gets you:
A pineapple hand stamp
5oz commemorative glass
All the Tepache you can mix/drink
One tamale, additional tamales $5
All the chips and salsa you can eat

Get ready for the Fourth Annual Hopped Cider Fest! I am currently gathering the finest hopped ciders from across the country for the greatest showcase of hoppiness ever assembled in the known universe. Keep your eyes glued to this webpage for more details as they are unveiled.

Attention Hoppy Cidermakers from around our great nation! If you would like your cider featured at my festival, even if you don’t have a license to distribute in Oregon, please email me: nat@revnats.com.